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ὀλίγος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλίγος ὀλίγη ὀλίγον

Structure: ὀλιγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Of small amount: few, little
  2. Of small size: little, small
  3. Of small degree: slight

Examples

  • ἅτε γὰρ πολὺ μὲν τὸ ὀργίλον καὶ κοῦφον καὶ ὀξυκίνητον ἔχουσαι, ὀλίγην δὲ τὴν τοῦ σώματοσ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν, ῥᾳδίωσ ἐσ τὸ πάθοσ τοῦτο κατολισθάνουσιν. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 28:3)
  • οἷσ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἡ πατρίσ, ἀγαπῶσι τὴν γῆν ἐφ’ ἧσ ἐγένοντο καὶ ἐτράφησαν, κἂν ὀλίγην ἔχωσι, κἂν τραχεῖαν καὶ λεπτόγεων κἂν ἀπορῶσι τῆσ γῆσ ἐπαινέσαι τὴν ἀρετήν, τῶν γε ὑπὲρ τῆσ πατρίδοσ οὐκ ἀπορήσουσιν ἐγκωμίων. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 10:2)
  • νῆ’ ὀλίγην αἰνεῖν, μεγάλῃ δ’ ἐνὶ φορτία θέσθαι. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 71:2)
  • Ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ καταδουλοῦν σὺ μὲν ἴσωσ ταὐτὸν τῷ καταδουλοῦσθαι νενόμικασ, ἐγὼ δὲ οἶδα διαφορὰν οὐκ ὀλίγην ἔχον. (Lucian, 12:6)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν κόλαξ ἅτε τῆσ χρείασ ἕνεκα τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ ἐπαινῶν, ἀληθείασ δὲ ὀλίγην ποιούμενοσ τὴν πρόνοιαν, ἅπαντα ὑπερεπαινεῖν οἰέται δεῖν, ἐπιψευδόμενοσ καὶ προστιθεὶσ παρ’ αὑτοῦ τὰ πλείω, ὡσ μὴ ἂν ὀκνῆσαι καὶ τὸν Θερσίτην εὐμορφότερον ἀποφῆναι τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ καὶ τὸν Νέστορα φάναι τῶν ἐπὶ Ἴλιον στρατευσάντων τὸν νεώτατον εἶναι. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 20:3)

Synonyms

  1. Of small amount

  2. Of small size

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